Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Happy Birthday, Kevin




Today is friend Kevin's birthday; he is one of you fifty-something youngsters and, most of all, an artist and a dear friend. Happy Birthday, jikido-san.
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Unless I have screwed up royally, the 2009 business taxes and reports are finally done and will be mailed today. A few days rest and then begin the work on our personal taxes. Life is grand!
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Is it Spring? Has Tammy come through? Three male robins in the back yard yesterday. I'm very happy to see them, but I dearly hope it isn't too early. We are supposed to have rotten weather for the next several days; dried fruit, apples, and raisins time. As I write this, the temp is 28F (2.2C).
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The more Obama talks, the more clueless he seems. Actually, he still has good ideas, but he just does not know how to sell them to the people and, unlike the nameless party, the democratic machine doesn't seem to want to help him here in middle-America where it counts. DC is politics as usual and it will probably sweep the nameless ones back into control of the Senate, at least. This may be the Democrats last ever chance to be a driving force in shaping the future of the US, and they seem to want to squander it. Rest in peace, Party of the Working People. I am not being racist when I say Obama's job is akin to that of Morgan Freeman's character in the movie Driving Miss Daisy. It takes time and patience to change things.

The American people—us—are the ones whom allowed the economy to fall into this mess by poor political choices, and we expected miracles from Obama. Modern miracles take time, and we of the "I want it Now" generation are too impatient. Economists and the Democratic Party are saying the "recession" has bottomed out and it has done so for the likes of Wall Street, but for we in the trenches, it is still sliding toward oblivion. Obama's long-term strategy will help, but come November, We the Putzes are are going to make sure the economy and our government will be forever controlled by big, Big Business, whether those businesses are domestic or foreign. Wake up, America!
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Our local campus radio station which brings us National Public Radio programming is going to stop broadcasting music on weekdays and concentrate instead on news programming. They used to have a mix of music genres but now only play classical stuff. Playing classical music to hillbillies isn't the best idea I've heard of anyway. They will keep their NPR affiliation at least for now.
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May each moment of your day be like a new sunrise.
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7 comments:

Tammy said...

Happy Birthday Kevin. Many more.

Hope those eager north-going robins have a nice layer of fat to keep them warm until the ground thaws and they can reach worms again. There are still so many in this area and I'll miss them when they leave me, but then the Kytes show up and are so majestic to watch in the sky. The balance of the birds.

Obama is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't. It must be a tough job.

Anonymous said...

The ground isn't frozen right now, so the robins will find enough to get them through, plus they will eat a few nandina berries and such. We don't have many raptors in groups except at migration.

Thanks, Tammy. Send more robins along as the weather warms. :-)

Anonymous said...

It's interesting how I could meet Kevin on Flickr ( we both liked v. much the same novel by Amos Oz); now it wouldn't be possible.

I treat our meeting on Internet as it was unexpected, but really splendid smile of fortune. Yes, he is our real gem. :-)

Anonymous said...

Oh, there were only two persons on Flickr who loved this novel - me, and he, our Kevin.

Anonymous said...

Oh, you posted the best phto of flowers for him. Thank you, my friend.

Today my mind doesn't work well; strong frost in Warsaw - twenty degrees below zero!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Jola.
Kevin is a very special friend to all who know him. I will have to look for the Amos Oz novel. :-)

Anonymous said...

We must be posting at the same time!
Yes, I saw on the weather map that is is terribly cold in Warsaw. Snuggle in and stay warm. :-)

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